List of sculptures in the National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, depicting notable persons in the histories of the respective states. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state, plus one from the District of Columbia, plus Rosa Parks, making a total of 102.
By act of Congress, which commissioned the statue in 2005, Rosa Parks is also there, though not representing a state. The year was 2013, the centenary of her birth. Hers is the only statue in the Hall not linked with a state, and the first full-length statue of an African American in the Capitol.[1] Later that year (on Juneteenth, 2013), by act of Congress (P.L. 112-174), a statue of Frederick Douglass was added as a choice of the District of Columbia.[2]
State sculptures
State | Honoree, then work of art of same name | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Date placed | Location |
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Alabama | Helen Keller | Bronze | Edward Hlavka | 2009 | Capitol Visitor Center[3] | |
Alabama | Joseph Wheeler | Bronze | Berthold Nebel | 1925 | National Statuary Hall | |
Alaska | Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett | Bronze | Felix W. de Weldon | 1971 | House corridor, 2nd Floor | |
Alaska | Ernest Gruening | Bronze | George Anthonisen | 1977 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Arizona | Barry Goldwater | Bronze | Deborah Copenhaver Fellows | 2015 | National Statuary Hall | |
Arizona | Eusebio Kino | Bronze | Suzanne Silvercruys | 1965 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Arkansas | Uriah Milton Rose | Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1917 | National Statuary Hall | |
Arkansas | James Paul Clarke | Marble | Pompeo Coppini | 1921 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
California | Ronald Reagan | Bronze | Chas Fagan | 2009 | Rotunda | |
California | Junípero Serra | Bronze | Ettore Cadorin | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | |
Colorado | Florence R. Sabin | Bronze | Joy Buba | 1959 | Hall of Columns | |
Colorado | Jack Swigert | Bronze | George and Mark Lundeen | 1997 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Connecticut | Roger Sherman | Marble | Chauncey Ives | 1872 | Crypt | |
Connecticut | Jonathan Trumbull | Marble | Chauncey Ives | 1872 | House corridor, 2nd Floor | |
District of Columbia | Frederick Douglass | Bronze | Steven Weitzman | 2013 | Capitol Visitor Center[4] | |
Delaware | John Middleton Clayton | Marble | Bryant Baker | 1934 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Delaware | Caesar Rodney | Marble | Bryant Baker | 1934 | Crypt | |
Florida | John Gorrie | Marble | C. Adrian Pillars | 1914 | National Statuary Hall | |
Florida | Edmund Kirby Smith | Bronze | C. Adrian Pillars | 1922 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Georgia | Crawford Long | Marble | J. Massey Rhind | 1926 | Crypt | |
Georgia | Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
Marble | Gutzon Borglum | 1927 | National Statuary Hall | |
Hawaii | Father Damien | Bronze | Marisol Escobar | 1969 | Hall of Columns | |
Hawaii | Kamehameha I | Bronze | Thomas R. Gould | 1969 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Idaho | George Laird Shoup | Marble | Frederick Triebel | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | |
Idaho | William Borah |
Bronze | Bryant Baker | 1947 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Illinois | James Shields | Bronze | Leonard W. Volk | 1893 | Hall of Columns | |
Illinois | Frances E. Willard | Marble | Helen F. Mears | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | |
Indiana | Oliver P. Morton | Marble | Charles Niehaus | 1900 | Senate Wing, 1st Floor | |
Indiana | Lew Wallace | Marble | Andrew O'Connor | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | |
Iowa | Samuel Jordan Kirkwood | Bronze | Vinnie Ream | 1913 | National Statuary Hall | |
Iowa | Norman Borlaug | Bronze | Benjamin Victor | 2014 | National Statuary Hall | |
Kansas | John James Ingalls | Marble | Charles Niehaus | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | |
Kansas | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Bronze | Jim Brothers | 2003 | Rotunda | |
Kentucky | Henry Clay | Bronze | Charles Niehaus | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | |
Kentucky | Ephraim McDowell | Bronze | Charles Niehaus | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Louisiana | Huey Pierce Long | Bronze | Charles Keck | 1941 | National Statuary Hall | |
Louisiana | Edward Douglass White | Bronze | Arthur C. Morgan | 1955 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Maine | William King | Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1878 | House corridor, 2nd Floor | |
Maine | Hannibal Hamlin | Bronze | Charles E. Tefft | 1935 | National Statuary Hall | |
Maryland | Charles Carroll | Bronze | Richard E. Brooks | 1903 | Crypt | |
Maryland | John Hanson | Bronze | Richard E. Brooks | 1903 | Senate corridor, 2nd Floor | |
Massachusetts | Samuel Adams | Marble | Anne Whitney | 1876 | Crypt | |
Massachusetts | John Winthrop | Marble | Richard S. Greenough | 1876 | Hall of Columns | |
Michigan | Lewis Cass | Marble | Daniel Chester French | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | |
Michigan | Gerald Ford | Bronze | J. Brett Grill | 2011 | Rotunda | |
Minnesota | Henry Mower Rice | Marble | Frederick Triebel | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | |
Minnesota | Maria Sanford | Bronze | Evelyn Raymond | 1958 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Mississippi | Jefferson Davis | Bronze | Augustus Lukeman | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | |
Mississippi | James Zachariah George | Bronze | Augustus Lukeman | 1931 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Missouri | Thomas Hart Benton | Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1899 | National Statuary Hall | |
Missouri | Francis Preston Blair Jr. | Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1899 | Hall of Columns | |
Montana | Charles Marion Russell | Bronze | John B. Weaver | 1959 | National Statuary Hall | |
Montana | Jeannette Rankin | Bronze | Terry Mimnaugh | 1985 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Nebraska | Standing Bear | Bronze | Benjamin Evans | 2019 | National Statuary Hall | |
Nebraska | J. Sterling Morton | Bronze | Rudulph Evans | 1937 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Nevada | Patrick Anthony McCarran | Bronze | Yolande Jacobson | 1960 | Senate Wing, 2nd Floor | |
Nevada | Sarah Winnemucca | Bronze | Benjamin Victor | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
New Hampshire | John Stark | Marble | Carl Conrads | 1894 | Crypt | |
New Hampshire | Daniel Webster | Marble | Carl Conrads (after Thomas Ball) | 1894 | National Statuary Hall | |
New Jersey | Philip Kearny | Bronze | Henry Kirke Brown | 1888 | Hall of Columns | |
New Jersey | Richard Stockton | Marble | Henry Kirke Brown (completed by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown) | 1888 | Crypt | |
New Mexico | Dennis Chávez | Bronze | Felix W. de Weldon | 1966 | Senate Wing, 2nd Floor | |
New Mexico | Po'pay | Marble | Cliff Fragua | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
New York | George Clinton | Bronze | Henry Kirke Brown | 1873 | Senate Wing, 2nd Floor | |
New York | Robert R. Livingston | Bronze | Erastus Dow Palmer | 1875 | Crypt | |
North Carolina | Zebulon Baird Vance | Bronze | Gutzon Borglum | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | |
North Carolina | Charles Brantley Aycock | Bronze | Charles Keck | 1932 | Crypt | |
North Dakota | John Burke | Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1963 | National Statuary Hall | |
North Dakota | Sakakawea | Bronze | Arizona Bronze Atelier (after Leonard Crunelle, 1909) | 2003 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Ohio | James A. Garfield | Marble | Charles Niehaus | 1886 | Rotunda | |
Ohio | Thomas Edison | Bronze | Alan Cottrill | 2016[5] | National Statuary Hall | |
Oklahoma | Sequoyah | Bronze | Vinnie Ream (completed by G. Julian Zolnay) | 1917 | National Statuary Hall | |
Oklahoma | Will Rogers | Bronze | Jo Davidson | 1939 | House corridor, 2nd Floor | |
Oregon | Jason Lee | Bronze | Gifford MacG. Proctor | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | |
Oregon | John McLoughlin | Bronze | Gifford MacG. Proctor | 1953 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Pennsylvania | Robert Fulton | Marble | Howard Roberts | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | |
Pennsylvania | John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg | Marble | Blanche Nevin | 1889 | Crypt | |
Rhode Island | Nathanael Greene | Marble | Henry Kirke Brown | 1870 | Crypt | |
Rhode Island | Roger Williams | Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1872 | Senate corridor, 2nd Floor | |
South Carolina | John C. Calhoun | Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1910 | Crypt | |
South Carolina | Wade Hampton | Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
South Dakota | William Henry Harrison Beadle | Bronze | H. Daniel Webster | 1938 | National Statuary Hall | |
South Dakota | Joseph Ward | Marble | Bruno Beghé | 1963 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Tennessee | Andrew Jackson | Bronze | Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold Scholz | 1928 | Rotunda | |
Tennessee | John Sevier | Bronze | Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold Scholz | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | |
Texas | Stephen F. Austin | Marble | Elisabet Ney | 1905 | Hall of Columns | |
Texas | Sam Houston | Marble | Elisabet Ney | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | |
Utah | Brigham Young | Marble | Mahonri Young | 1950 | National Statuary Hall | |
Utah | Philo T. Farnsworth | Bronze | James R. Avati | 1990 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Vermont | Ethan Allen | Marble | Larkin G. Mead | 1876 | National Statuary Hall | |
Vermont | Jacob Collamer | Marble | Preston Powers | 1881 | Senate Wing, 1st Floor | |
Virginia | Robert Edward Lee | Bronze | Edward V. Valentine | 1909[6] | Crypt | |
Virginia | George Washington | Bronze | Jean Antoine Houdon | 1934 | Rotunda | |
Washington | Marcus Whitman | Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | |
Washington | Mother Joseph | Bronze | Felix W. de Weldon | 1980 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
West Virginia | John Edward Kenna | Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1901 | Hall of Columns | |
West Virginia | Francis Harrison Pierpont | Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | |
Wisconsin | Jacques Marquette | Marble | Gaetano Trentanove | 1896 | House corridor, 2nd Floor | |
Wisconsin | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Marble | Jo Davidson | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | |
Wyoming | Esther Hobart Morris | Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1960 | Hall of Columns | |
Wyoming | Washakie | Bronze | Dave McGary | 2000 | Capitol Visitor Center | |
Replaced statues
Others
Honoree | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Date placed | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosa Parks | Bronze | Eugene Daub | 2013 | National Statuary Hall[7] | |
Sculptures intended for the collection
Several states and the District of Columbia have authorized or are in the process of authorizing statues with the intent of donating them to the National Statuary Hall Collection. The second statue from D.C. would require a change in law to be placed in the collection, as the 2012 compromise legislation that led to the placement of the district's Frederick Douglass statue only granted the district a single statue.[8] Statues being created on behalf of states are subject to the 2000 legislation providing for the replacement of existing statues, since all states have already placed both of their allotted statues.[9]
State | Honoree | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Anticipated
Installation Date |
Coordinating
Organization |
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DC | Pierre L'Enfant[10] | Bronze | ||||
MO | Harry S. Truman[11][12] | Bronze | Tom Corbin | 2020 | Truman Library Institute | |
NE | Willa Cather[13][14] | Littleton Alston | 2020 | Nebraska Hall of Fame | ||
FL | Mary Mcleod Bethune[15] | Florida Division of Cultural Affairs | ||||
NC | Billy Graham[16] | 2020 | North Carolina Statuary Hall Selection Committee[17] | |||
UT | Martha Hughes Cannon[18][19] | Bronze | Ben Hammond | Martha Hughes Cannon Oversight Committee | ||
AR | Johnny Cash[20] | |||||
AR | Daisy Bates[20] | |||||
KS | Amelia Earhart[21] | Equal Visibility Everywhere |
References
- "Rosa Parks". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- Hunter, Jonathan (November 13, 2015). "Univ. of Md. to Dedicate Monument in Frederick Douglass Square". The Afro American. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- "National Statuary Hall Collection – Helen Keller". Architect of the Capitol. December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- Architect of the Capitol (2013). "Frederick Douglass". Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- Wehrman, Jessica (September 21, 2016). "Thomas Edison statue dedicated in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- "Robert E. Lee". Architect of the Capitol | United States Capitol. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- Architect of the Capitol (2013). "Rosa Parks". Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- "As Part of Her 'Free and Equal D.C.' Series, Norton Introduces Bill to Place Pierre L'Enfant Statue in U.S. Capitol". Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Procedure and Guidelines for Replacement of Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection" (PDF). Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- "John A. Wilson Building and the Statue of Pierre L'Enfant". Clio. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Local sculptor designing larger-than-life statue of President Truman for US Capitol". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Spencer, Laura. "Kansas City Artist Tom Corbin Selected To Return Harry S. Truman To Washington". www.kcur.org. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Raun, Andy. "Group commissioning statue of Willa Cather for Statuary Hall". Hastings Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Rach, Julie. "Rotary learns about Capitol statue replacement". Nebraska City News-Press - Nebraska City, NE. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Turner, Jim. "Bethune statue to replace Confederate general in U.S. Capitol". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Steps Underway to Install Billy Graham Statue in US Capitol". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (LSO RFQ 2019-1): Reverend Dr. William Franklin Graham, Jr. Statue for the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall" (PDF). Jan 1, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- "'We are part of her legacy': Utah chooses sculptor to create a Martha Hughes Cannon statue for the U.S. Capitol". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Artist selected for Martha Hughes Cannon statue to be announced". Utah Senate. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to U.S. Capitol". Arkansas Online. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- "Kansas to send Amelia Earhart to National Statuary Hall : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere". Retrieved 2019-04-20.